Swimming and Diving

Swimming and Diving are mechanics introduced in Stormblood (4.0).

Swimming

• Automatically switches to swim mode upon entering an accessible body of water
• Not all bodies of water are accessible
• Walk (breast stroke), Sprint (crawl)
• Only Flying Mounts can swim
• Available in limited ARR areas like Costa del Sol
• Movement is slightly slower than waking/running
• No combat while swimming
• No loading times when switching to swim mode

Diving

• Can only dive in selectable bodies of water
• No loading times when moving to dive mode
• No need to worry about drowning (endless diving magically enabled)
• All flying mounts can dive
• Diving is available only in 4.0 areas
• No battles during diving
• NPC interactions and gathering possible
• New gathering locations (especially for fishers)
• Diving is unlocked via a quest

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